2013 Shows

NEC Classic Motor Show

Silverstone Classic Winners

Dick Smith

Dick Smith

Best Car of Show

1932 FRAZER NASH NURBURG

Porsche Club GB

Best Club Stand of Show

Superspoke Steering Wheels

Best Trade Stand of Show

Car of the Show

Dick Smith - 1932 Frazer Nash Nurburg

The 1932 Frazer Nash Nürburg owned by Dick Smith was easily the standout car of the show, its 200-plus bhp setting the pit garages alight, much as it did during the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in 1932. “In those days you drove to the race, but the car was shunted by a tram in Brussels, bending the chassis and forcing it to retire after 150 miles. Dick has a lifelong love affair with the car after his late wife, Rosemary, bought it for him in 1960, after saving up for furniture during their five-year engagement. “It cost £275, I knew we couldn’t afford it. One day I came home and she told me to go and pick up the Frazer Nash. It still gives me goosebumps, even after all these years. I remember the evening I picked it up, driving up the Great North Road under a harvest moon on a crisp and cool September night. I simply threw it at the road. I still get excited when I think about it!” The car sports a 1.5-litre supercharged engine producing well in excess of 200bhp. Dick has been racing for 55 years and at 77 has no intentions of stopping; “Rosemary always told me to never stop racing as it keeps me young – she was right!”

Best Club Stand

Porsche Club GB

“We’ve been working since November last year to put this together,” laughed Karen Pettigrew, one of the volunteers behind the array of 911s on show. “Altogether we’ll see nearly 3000 this weekend”. It’s down to the enthusiasm of the PCGB members and their willingness to take part. Others working to achieve it were regional organisers plus Alan Armstrong, Paul Keeling and Sue and Mac McLeod. Narinda Webb as events organiser pulled it all together, promoting the gathering through the website, club mag and fliers. A special programme to mark the occasion was also produced and every official and volunteer identified ‘without the members, we wouldn’t be as successful!”

Best Trade Stand

Superspoke Steering Wheels

Steve Simmonds and business partner Paul Darby have each been in the car trimming business for more than 40 years, but it’s only recently that the pair have turned their focus solely on steering wheels. “Obviously it’s the one piece of kit every car has,” says Steve. Each wheel produced is hand-built and hand-stitched. “We make them for every car you can think of, be it a Morris Minor or a Jaguar E-type,” he continues. “There’s been huge interest in wheels that are no longer available,” he said. It’s only the second show Superspoke has attended. “Next up, the Goodwood Revival!“

Hot Rod Hayride Winners

Sandy Mears

Sandy Mears

Best Car of Show

1947 CHEVROLET STYLEMASTER

None

Best Club Stand of Show

Nefarious Pinstriping

Best Trade Stand of Show

Car of the Show

Sandy Mears - 1947 Chevrolet Stylemaster

There were so many cars to choose from at the Hayride that picking a winner was a tough order, but if any car captured the spirit of the event it had to be Mick and Sandy Mears 1947 Chevrolet Stylemaster, which arrived at the show towing a vintage caravan in matching peach-over-cream paintwork. In case you're wondering, Mick was cruising the show in his hot rod! Sandy told CCW: "Our son was five weeks old when we bought it and he's now 16!
"It was imported from a dry state and was pretty sound when we got it, painted in black. We gradually went through it tweaking a few bits here and there, respraying it to the present colour." The '47 runs an inline-six Chevy stovebolt engine and just oozes style. With the caravan next to it kitted out with lots of period accessories, the whole scene looked like a picture postcard from the late Forties.

Best Trade Stand

Nefarious Pinstriping

It's not every day you see the art of pinstriping being done to customers cars while they wait, but that's precisely what Simon Pollock of Nefarious Pinstriping was doing to a Hillman Minx at the Hayride. "I've been doing pin-stripes for about 10 years now", grins Simon, "I'm originally a graphic designer and it's a great excuse to get away from the computer. It's great working in the sun, but you have to work quick as the paint dries so fast." As well as the Hillman, which was having designs around it's bonnet badge and rear numberplate, there was an completely original Austin Seven waiting to have a coachline applied to match the blood-red colour of the grille badge. The skill involved and the steadiness of hand needed was impressive to watch and Simon was clearly happy in his work: "I love coming to this show, it's my favourite one of the year."

Classics in the Walled Garden Winners

David & Diana Davis

David & Diana Davis

Best Car of Show

1936 AUSTIN SIX MAYFAIR LIMOUSINE

None

Best Club Stand of Show

Autoglym

Best Trade Stand of Show

Car of the Show

David & Diana Davis - 1936 Austin Six Mayfair limousine

Most people associate Austin with smaller cars, which is why CCW chose vast 1936 Austin Six Mayfair limousine as its car of the show. Its owners are David and Diana Davis of Letchworth, and they’ve owned it for six years. “I’d always wanted a large Austin,” said David. “I had a 12 but always fancied a bigger one. And this is much, much bigger. Most people don’t realise that Austins were made in this size.” The car is powered by a 3.6-litre straight six engine rated at 20hp, which in modern parlance is about 50bhp, meaning, according to David, that “she’s quite ponderous to drive, but capable enough of cruising at about 50mph” The couple have all the history on the car, which was chauffeur-driven when with its original land-owning buyer.

Best Trade Stand

Autoglym

This is the first year that vehicle valeting manufacturer Autoglym has had a stand at Classics in the Walled Garden, but Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire franchisee holder Josh Groves decided to do the event because everybody kept telling him what a marvellous show it was. “Business has been steady,” he reported. “However, it’s also a very lovely place to be in the evening.” He definitely intends to be back next year. The Autoglym range now runs to 100 lines, all of which are produced in Letchworth, just down the road from where the event takes place, so it’s a local manufacturer. In general, sales have been rosier than over the last two years, which Josh puts down partly to the weather. “Last year, of course, we had the hosepipe ban followed by heavy rain. This year has been better”.

Stars and Stripes Winners

Ian Booth

Ian Booth

Best Car of Show

1934 MCLAUGHLIN BUICK SERIES 50

American Auto Club North West

Best Club Stand of Show

American Auto Mags

Best Trade Stand of Show

Car of the Show

Ian Booth - 1934 McLaughlin Buick Series 50

CCW couldn’t help but be impressed by Ian Booth’s beautifully restored 1934 Buick, which made its first visit to a show since the 1980s when it arrived at Tatton Park. Ian, from Stockport, has owned the car since 1971, and has embarked on a painstaking 10 year restoration to bring the car back to its original specification. Originally, the car was exported as a chassis from Canada to avoid import taxes – as that country was still a British colony at the time – and then bodied by London firm the Carlton Carriage Company for its first owner. Powered by a 4.3 litre straight eight and with a body that’s the height of pre-WW2 American glamour, it stood out even next to some of Detroit’s more striking automotive exports.

Best Club Stand

American Auto Club North West

Wherever you went at Stars and Stripes you couldn’t help but feel the influence this club had in making the event a success, with dozens of Detroit classics being brought along by its members. While primarily focused on the North West the club can count among supporters from as far afield as Aberdeen and Holland among its 500-strong membership, and you don’t need to own any Detroit iron to join – all that’s needed is an enthusiasm for American classics, which is something this club has plenty of. With plenty on offer from the US big three, as well as America’s more eclectic classic car offerings, the American Auto Club North West had something for everyone at the show.

Best Trade Stand

American Auto Mags

If you’ve got a passion for chrome, fins and Detroit muscle then Graham and Sue Rennie can help you build up a library dedicated to your favourite US classics. The Cuddlington couple, who have run American Auto Mags for the past 23 years, specialise in bringing in magazines and books from the US for enthusiasts on this side of the Atlantic, with shipments reaching the UK every fortnight. The couple’s neatly-arranged stand at Tatton Park included repair manuals, books and t-shirts dedicated to American classics but by far their biggest draw were the dozens of magazines on offer, meaning that whatever your passion, chances are they could offer a specialist publication to cater for it.

MG Live Winners

Chris Keevill

Chris Keevill

Best Car of Show

1925 MG SUPER SPORTS

MG Car Club

Best Club Stand of Show

British Motor Heritage

Best Trade Stand of Show

Car of the Show

Chris Keevill - 1925 MG Super Sports

This four-seater is as historically significant as it is stunning. It’s believed to be the oldest survivor: built by Morris Garages in Oxford in January 1925, it’s three months older than ‘Old Number One’. Chris Keevill acquired the car in 1990. It had been converted to a hay-mower during WW2 and was thought to be a Morris until its true origins were uncovered during its 10-year restoration. “I was an aeronautical engineer, so it wasn’t too much of a challenge.”

Best Club Stand

MG Car Club

New MGCC PR and communications executive, George Woodward, told CCW: “This is a huge event – the world’s largest gathering of MGs and a fantastic celebration of all the club holds dear. I think we’ve had about 4000 cars and 8000 guests already, including race cars, and there’s still Sunday to come! It’s been a big success, but of course it really puts the pressure on for next year, when it’s the 90th anniversary of MG. How are we going to top this?”

Best Trade Stand

British Motor Heritage

“Business has been good,” confirmed Sales Manager Martin Davies (right), seen here with colleagues David Savidge and Nicola Lazarus. The firm is celebrating 25 years of making new MG bodyshells this year, and is introducing new items all the time, with one of the most recent being Zircotec thermal management. “This is the one main event we do each year, but we plan to do more in 2014,” Nicola told CCW.

Enfield Pageant Winners

Colin Hunt

Colin Hunt

Metropolitan Owners Club

Best Club Stand of Show

Walter Baines

Best Trade Stand of Show

Car of the Show

Colin Hunt - 1963 Ford Cortina 1500 MKI ‘Woody’ Estate

CCW’s favourite non-club classic of the event was this great ‘Woody’ Cortina estate, brought along by Colin Hunt from Woodford, Essex. When he purchased it three years ago, it was effectively a complete wreck and needed full restoration, to the extent that he even had to have the side stripes specially made out of fibreglass. The originals were never made out of wood, but rather a less than convincing lookalike material called Nylok. Only 500 of these distinctive Cortina estates, influenced by US station wagon styling, were made and very few are now left. “It gets a lot of interest,” said Colin of his slightly-lowered load-lugger that is now fitted with wider Lotus wheels as well. Friends Robert Unwin and Martin Radford came along for the ride; they’re also Cortina aficionados but are still in the process of restoring their 1500 models.

Best Club Stand

Metropolitan Owners Club

The Metropolitan Owners’ Club may not have had the biggest stand at Enfield – and it definitely didn’t have the biggest cars – but its display stood out by including a Portafold folding caravan on its stand, painted in the same vibrant two-tone red and white colours as three of the four Metropolitans on its stand. Built from 1955 to 1977, the folding lightweight design of the Portafold makes it one of the few caravans that can be easily towed by a Metropolitan which, with just 42bhp and 51bhp from the two available 1200cc and 1489cc engines, might struggle with anything a bit more heavyweight. Bob Patrick, John Dowling and Steve James were the members who organised the display and accepted the CCW award. There are between 110 and 120 members in the club, but it’s believed that there are around 200 to 250 Metropolitans still in the UK. However, the situation is much rosier in the USA – the Metropolitan’s target market – where about 3000 are thought to still exist.

Best Trade Stand

Walter Baines

Walter Baines from Leyland in Lancashire is a well-known face at many autojumble events, having been plying his trade for over 35 years. And that trade is badges and mascots for a massive variety of vehicles from the 1950s through to the current day. “I’ve got absolutely thousands,” he told CCW. It’s difficult not to be fascinated by Walter’s stand displays, which are always well-laid out and organised – no sifting through old cardboard boxes of miscellaneous rusty and broken badges here, as he prides himself in selling quality items and displaying them in a way that makes it easy to find things. “I cherry pick now; it takes hours to set something like this up,” he said. He used to attend shows every week, but is taking it a little easier these days, attending major events like Enfield, Beaulieu, Tatton Park and the NEC in November. Ford badges are currently the big-sellers from his stock.

Tatton Park Winners

Keith Wrigley

Keith Wrigley

Rochdale Vintage and Collectors Club

Best Club Stand of Show

Vintage & Classic Car Radios

Best Trade Stand of Show

Car of the Show

Keith Wrigley - 1977 Daimler Double Six Coupe

Rochdale enthusiast Keith Wrigley joined the Jaguar Drivers’ Club at their club stand for the show with this V12-engined executive express. He reckons only 100 are still left on the road. Keith told CCW he is looking after the 1977 classic for his friend and fellow enthusiast Steve Lilley, who passed away after a brave battle with motor neuron disease.
Keith said: “If Steve were still around I wouldn’t have this Daimler, so looking after this car, enjoying it, and taking it to shows like Tatton has a huge sentimental value for me.
“He genuinely loved this Daimler and would never ever have sold it, and I think he would be really proud to see his pride and joy being used and enjoyed.”
CCW was impressed not only by the condition and originality of this particular Daimler, but also Keith’s obvious passion for a classic that’s obviously close to his heart.

Best Club Stand

Rochdale Vintage and Collectors Car Club

Rochdale Vintage and Collectors Car Club
For many, going to classic car shows is a step back in time – a theme this club enthusiastically embraced with a stand that attracted more than 20 cars throughout the weekend.
The club’s “Tatton Park Time Walk” included everything from a 1927 Austin 7 Chummy to a 1983 Ford Sierra 1.6L, annotated with notes explaining the history behind them and decorated with bunting aplenty, while props included a 1950s petrol pump and a Sinclair C5.
Harry Hilton, the club’s chairman, said: “We won an award at Tatton last year with our stand, which had a Diamond Jubilee theme to it, but to win this award is still absolutely unbelievable and a great boost to what we do.
“Most of us have been coming to Tatton for years but as individual entrants, and this is only the second year we’ve attended as a club and had our stand at the show.”

Best Trade Stand

Vintage & Classic Car Radios

Longstanding Tatton autojumbler Jim Littler hit the right note with his mixture of knowledge and enthusiasm, offering dozens of classic car radio units dating as far back as the 1940s on his small but packed stand.
A retired radio engineer by trade, Jim seeks out stereos from scrapyards, online auction sites and even other traders and buys them in batches of five or six at the time, and refurbishes them before selling them on at shows and passing on his knowledge to classic car owners.
With everything from an enormous 1947 Philco radio unit to the black box units of the 1990s on his stand, Jim’s passion for his specialist subject marked him out as one of the gems at the extensive array of stalls on offer at the Cheshire Autojumble.

La Vie en Bleu Winners

Alastair Inglis

Alastair Inglis

Best Car of Show

PEUGEOT 203 COMMERCIALE

Renault Alpine Owners Club

Best Club Stand of Show

VJ Books

Best Trade Stand of Show

Car of the Show

Alastair Inglis - 1954 Peugeot 203 Commerciale

It may have started life carrying Camembert to market, but this humble 203 van has led a globe-trotting life in the hands of Alastair Inglis from Northamptonshire who has owned it since 1998. "We decided to take part in the London to Peking rally" grins Alistair, "and fitted it with a second petrol separator to filter out the water. We found the fuel quality improved the further East we got!"
All the mechanical items were carefully checked and the original 1290cc engine replaced with a more durable 1648cc engine from a later 403. "We gave a lot of thought to the headlamps," adds Alistair, "you don't want to be driving blind in the middle of nowhere at night, so we fitted spotlights hidden behind a protective mesh grille."
Alistair is a true Peugeot fan also owns a 203 Styleside Ute that he keeps in Australia that's thought to be one of only 14 examples ever made.

Best Club Stand

Renault Alpine Owners Club

With backing from Renault Classic, who supplied the fancy mobile stand to the Renault Alpine Stand about 30 interesting Renaults glinting in the Gloucestershire sun. The Club is dedicated to all fans of sporty Renaults and there was a mouth-watering display of models on the stand that ranged from an original factory Renault 4 convertible to a GTA Le Mans - one of only 26 made.
Accepting the trophy is Mile Thomas who appeared absolutely delighted: "the best thing it that the president of the club, Stephen Dell isn't here at the minute and he'll be gutted he didn't get in CCW! Thanks very much for this, really pleased to receive it."
Miles runs a Renault Spider - a future classic already - and is also a GTA Le Mans.
Originally founded on the internet, the club has an active forum and has lots of interesting specifications and technical info of all things Alpine.

Best Trade Stand

VJ Books

This wasn't the flashiest trade stand at the Prescott hillclimb, nor was it the biggest. But with a wide range of interesting automobilia arranged alongside the historic track and tended to by a gentleman in a Panama hat sat next to a weathered Dunlop sign, it seemed to fit the nature of the event to a tee. VJ Books is owned by Julian Stapley from Stratord-upon-Avon who set up the business as a way of combining his love of classic cars with the need to run a business, following his retirement from education. He's always been interested in old cars and recently sold his MG TD. He says: "I'm a rather bad member of the Arden MG Club, based in the West Midlands. I'd ideally like to own an MG J2."
From vintage signs, to bonnet ornaments and strange oiling devices - looking more like something Victorian surgeons would deploy - there was something on Julian's stand to interest any enthusiast. "Have I really won something?" said a bemused Julian as the lavish CCW award was thrust into his hands.

Bromley Pageant Winners

Bob Bridger

Bob Bridger

Best Car of Show

WOLSELEY HORNET

The Aston Martin Owner’s Club

Best Club Stand of Show

Paul Godden’s autojumble

Best Trade Stand of Show

Car of the Show

Bob Bridger - Wolseley Hornet

Bob Bridger’s Wolseley Hornet was the car featured on the cover of Small Car in 1963, before the title turned into CCW’s sister title CAR. He’s owned it since 1994 and had a ‘110 per cent’ resto completed only last year.

Best Club Stand

The Aston Martin Owner’s Club

The Aston Martin Owner’s Club brought 44 Astons of all eras to celebrate the marque’s 100th anniversary, supremely organized by the club’s Dawn Scantlebury. Oldest owner present was Stanley Randall, 96, who paid £300 for his 1935 tourer “a very long time ago”.

Best Trade Stand

Paul Godden’s autojumble

This array of ex-F1 panels and parts attracted a crowd all day for Paul Godden’s autojumble stand. “Yes they’re all genuine” he told CCW, adding “it takes a deal of work to get these parts from the teams – I have to use some long-established contacts” he laughed.

Beauliea Spring Autojumble Winners

Leo & Margaret Jack

Leo & Margaret Jack

Best Car of Show

1964 MINI MOKE

Morris Minor Owners Club

Best Club Stand of Show

The SAAB Shop

Best Trade Stand of Show

Car of the Show

Leo & Margaret Jack - 1964 Mini Moke

CCW couldn’t help but be impressed by Leo and Margaret Jack, who brought a bit of sunny British optimism to the event by putting up their umbrellas and staying with the 1964 Mini Moke they were selling throughout the hours of wet weather.
The Somerset couple, who run Mini specialists Cooper Cars South-West, couldn’t seek shelter in the exposed Moke – being offered at Beaulieu for £19,500 – so they unfolded their camping chairs, put up their umbrellas and happily chatted with enthusiasts for hours.
Leo Jack told CCW: “We usually bring a Moke or a Mini pick-up to the September autojumble, and although this is the first time we’ve taken a car to the spring event the weather really hasn’t been on our side.
“The car, however, has attracted a lot of interest, so hopefully somebody who has seen the car at the show might still give us a ring if they’re interested in the Moke.”

Best Club Stand

Morris Minor Owners Club

This year marks Morris’ centenary and Minor club enthusiasts pulled out all the stops to mark the anniversary, bringingmore than 200 cars to Beaulieu over the course of the weekend.
The bumper display, masterminded by the club’s Dorset branch, not only included dozens of Minors but also encompassed everything from the firm’s earliest models, stretching through Oxfords, 1100s, 1800s, and the later Marina and Ital models. The club’s extensive stand also included an indoor display, where visitors could enjoy tea and coffee, and a separate tent dedicated to the Dorset branch’s activities.
Members celebrated picking up their CCW award next to one of the rarer Minors at the display – one of the 1963 special edition models made to commemorate the millionth Minor rolling off the production line, of which just 30 are believed to still be on the road.

Best Trade Stand

The SAAB Shop

Members of the Saab Enthusiasts Club were finding it increasingly hard to source spares for the Swedish marque’s older models – so they clubbed together to make and sell them themselves.
The Saab Shop, which was set up earlier this year and was making its first visit to Beaulieu, specialises in remanufacturing rare parts for the firm’s two-stroke and V4 engined models.
Saab enthusiasts Chris Hull and son Kester, and Mark Hodges, brought one of the models catered for by the new service – a 1963 Saab 95 – along to the autojumble to help promote the fledgling business to visitors.

Donington Classic Show Winners

Christian Exley

Christian Exley

Best Car of Show

Datsun 240Z Samurai

Triumph TR Register

Best Club Stand of Show

Chase MG

Best Trade Stand of Show

Car of the Show

Christian Exley - Datsun 240Z Samurai

Not being able to afford insurance cover didn't prevent Holmesfirth enthusiast Christian Exley, 21, from bringing the Datsun 240Z Samurai he inherited from his late father to Donington - he got grandfather George Nelson to help bring it to the festival, and CCW is delighted he did.
Christian said: "I really didn't expect to win this award, but I'm so happy to have won it.
"I'm just looking after it for my dad and I'm sure he would be delighted that the car is still going to shows, and if I can find a an affordable quote to get cover on it, then I'll be able to start driving it on the road too."
Christian's father, Alan Exley, had been a member of the club since the late 1970s, and had owned the 1972 240Z since the early 1990s, but sadly passed away in August 2010 after a brave battle with cancer. It's great to see that, thanks to Christian's obvious enthusiasm for classics, that Alan's prized Datsun will be in safe hands for years to come.

Best Club Stand

Triumph TR Register

We were stopped in our tracks by the bumper display of Triumphs members of the TR Register had brought to the Historic Festival, with 35 cars wowing visitors on the Saturday and upwards of 50 on the Sunday.
Brian Sparrowhawk, the club's regalia and events officer, said: "This award is a brilliant thing for our club to win, and while we've put a lot of hard work into arranging and coordinating our stand it's still something that's completely unexpected.
"We always like to pick an event we pull out all the stops for, and this award is a great way of reflecting the effort our members have gone tomake this stand as good as it can be."
The club's stand encompassed everything from early TR2s to the final TR8 roadsters as part of efforts to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the two-seater sports car line, while the occasional Spitfire and GT6-shaped interlopers brought a little variety to the stand. The TR Register also took up the opportunity to set up a club shop on the stand, selling not just memberships but branded clothing for enthusiasts too.

Best Trade Stand

Speedking

Donington doesn't operate a bus service so you might have been waiting a long time if you'd clocked Speedking's London-style stop at the front of its stall at the show.
In fact, the double-decker in question was a 1962 Routemaster, which the Walsall-based firm brought along to add interest to a stand which was bright, cleanly presented and staffed by a team of enthusiasts.
Sue Rimell, marketing manager, told CCW: "Our managing director is a big fan of historic vehicles and we were looking for a vehicle which we could use at our events, and the Routemaster fitted in with the heritage theme nicely. The visitors at Donington love it - it's a certainly had a great reaction from everyone who has seen it.
The company, which specialises in automotive themed gifts, also sponsor the Speedking Racing team which took part in this year's action, with Jack Woodhouse taking to the track in a Lotus 22 for the Formula Junior events.

Bristol Show Winners

Chris Fuller

Chris Fuller

Best Car of Show

Corsair GT Estate

Citroen Car Club

Best Club Stand of Show

Flat Four Exhibition

Chase MG

Best Trade Stand of Show

Barrie Walklate

Car of the Show

Chris Fuller - Corsair GT Estate

This beautifully maintained Corsair is one of just five believed to be left on Britain’s roads – and it’s been used by Crediton couple Chris and Pam Fuller as their regular runner for more than 40 years.
Chris, who took bought the 1966 model in 1972, told CCW: “I’m absolutely stunned I’ve won this award – the vehicle’s not a daily runner any more but I still use it for everything from classic shows to trips to Tesco.
“It’s a great example of an everyday classic, but while it’s been to quite a few of the local shows in Devon this is the first time it’s been to the Bristol show. To win on the first visit is amazing.”
Chris, who is refurbishing the car back to its original specification, is planning to attend a series of events with the Corsair this year, including the National Ford Rally in June.

Best Club Stand

Citroen Car Club - Flat Four Exhibition

The Citroen Car Club’s quartet of flat-four engine models definitely didn’t hit a flat note, with the Ami Super and super-rare Ottcet among the draws for visitors.
Grant Bolton, committee member for the club’s G-Section, said: “I’m completely surprised at the award, but the credit really must go to all the people who came down to Bristol with the club and put a lot of hard work into the stand and committing a whole weekend to the show.”
“The Bristol show isn’t a show I’ve visited before, let alone organized a stand for, but the atmosphere’s great and everyone here is very friendly. I’m so pleased that everyone has got together and put the effort they have into the stand.”
CCW was hugely impressed by the quality of the four cars on the stand, and the effort and enthusiasm of the club’s members throughout the show.

Best Trade Stand

Chase MG - Barrie Walklate

The team behind this Staffordshire-based MG spares specialist might have only just got back from the Techno Classica show at Essen but their enthusiasm showed no signs of wavering at Shepton Mallet.
“I think this award’s probably well deserved as we’ve put a lot of effort into the show. It’s been a busy week, having only just got back from Essen and we barely had time to sit down before we had to start preparing for this show, so there’s a lot of hard work involved.
“I would say we probably do 30 to 35 shows a year, and it’s always great to meet the enthusiasts and have a chat. It’s great to be able to meet the people at the show, which has a great atmosphere.”
Barrie added that while he has spent much of this year so far focusing on European shows, he is now looking forward to a busy season of visiting events across the UK throughout the summer.